Is the lap counts posted any where? There is a short sum up on the Electrathon of Tampa Bay site. Anyone have more detail? For that matter, I would love to hear more about the Chamber County race.
Good luck to those running at Five Flags this Saturday. Please post results!
Nitoragro said
Apr 25, 2019
From what I remember
Open
1st - USF with Lithium - 29 laps
2nd - Me with Lithium - 26 laps
3rd - Archer with Lead acid - 25 laps
And for high school I don't know who won I just know they did 19 laps
Archer321 said
Apr 25, 2019
Yeah, I missed having that 26th lap count by about 30 seconds.
At the Chambers county race, Rodney put his new ride up on two wheels while making a hard, fast 90 degree left hander. I didn't get to see it, but we all heard the story.
Other than that, (and the go kart smoking it's controller) it was pretty uneventful as I recall.
It's kind of a fun little track, especially if you have suspension. (It's a little rough in spots). It's a fairly well organized and run event, and they put a lot of effort into track prep and broke-down car retrieval.
I'll probably make it one of my regular races.
-- Edited by Archer321 on Thursday 25th of April 2019 09:21:06 PM
Archer321 said
Apr 25, 2019
Oh, and in the first race at Barber, the Cloud car (which I believe happens to be the #2 record holder on the back of the Electrathon rulebook) broke a rear wheel on the first lap and missed half the race.
Then in the second race they blew a tire early on.
When they finally got back on the track they were flying by everyone trying to make up lost time I assume, when they spun out and ended up stuck in the grass.
It's also the vehicle we broke/have the record with on the Salt Flats.
Archer321 said
Apr 29, 2019
Nice!
It is quick!
ProEV said
Apr 30, 2019
Nice job in the Open class. Was it 15 laps by USF? I think this is the record for a single race. The last time we ran (2017), we did 14 laps in 58 minutes but did not have enough power to do a 4 minute lap to get in under the 2 minute rule.
This year we had decreased our frontal area by more than 8 square inches, improved our pack capacity, improved our software...
How did Penscola go(so I can brag about how fast we should have been there)?
Archer321 said
Apr 30, 2019
Screenshot summary of top finishers at the Pensacola race.
at barber we got 31 laps as recorded by john from our team, although they announced 30, the cloud car was interesting, on turn 1 i had to dodge said wheel so it wouldn't hit my car, that driver was pushing that car way too fast for a hairpin turn.
chambers was fun, but incredibly bumpy and hard on the cars, five flags we did 78 on the first race and 63 on the second race, but in the second race we entered the track 10 mins late due to a charger issue.
ProEV said
May 2, 2019
There have been some discrepancies in the lap counts mentioned before. I think it is volunteers counting by hand so...
16/15? 16 laps is great. Was it a true 16, completed within the two minutes after the hour was up? Either way, an impressive run.
78 laps at Pensacola is crazy! What have you improved?
I miss not seeing the race to race development.
It looks like we will not be at the Solar Center race either.
It sounds like some summer testing will be in order to stay competitive.
Archer321 said
May 2, 2019
We have been missing you Cliff, Although I've been placing higher on your absence.
I think last year USF got 80 laps in the second race at Pensacola with the old car. Sai was just cruising this year. If he actually had some real competition who knows what that car could do?
-- Edited by Archer321 on Thursday 2nd of May 2019 06:00:24 PM
Is the lap counts posted any where? There is a short sum up on the Electrathon of Tampa Bay site. Anyone have more detail? For that matter, I would love to hear more about the Chamber County race.
Good luck to those running at Five Flags this Saturday. Please post results!
Open
1st - USF with Lithium - 29 laps
2nd - Me with Lithium - 26 laps
3rd - Archer with Lead acid - 25 laps
And for high school I don't know who won I just know they did 19 laps
Yeah, I missed having that 26th lap count by about 30 seconds.
At the Chambers county race, Rodney put his new ride up on two wheels while making a hard, fast 90 degree left hander. I didn't get to see it, but we all heard the story.
Other than that, (and the go kart smoking it's controller) it was pretty uneventful as I recall.
It's kind of a fun little track, especially if you have suspension. (It's a little rough in spots). It's a fairly well organized and run event, and they put a lot of effort into track prep and broke-down car retrieval.
I'll probably make it one of my regular races.
-- Edited by Archer321 on Thursday 25th of April 2019 09:21:06 PM
Oh, and in the first race at Barber, the Cloud car (which I believe happens to be the #2 record holder on the back of the Electrathon rulebook) broke a rear wheel on the first lap and missed half the race.
Then in the second race they blew a tire early on.
When they finally got back on the track they were flying by everyone trying to make up lost time I assume, when they spun out and ended up stuck in the grass.
Not a great day for them.
It's also the vehicle we broke/have the record with on the Salt Flats.
Nice job in the Open class. Was it 15 laps by USF? I think this is the record for a single race. The last time we ran (2017), we did 14 laps in 58 minutes but did not have enough power to do a 4 minute lap to get in under the 2 minute rule.
This year we had decreased our frontal area by more than 8 square inches, improved our pack capacity, improved our software...
How did Penscola go(so I can brag about how fast we should have been there)?
Screenshot summary of top finishers at the Pensacola race.
chambers was fun, but incredibly bumpy and hard on the cars, five flags we did 78 on the first race and 63 on the second race, but in the second race we entered the track 10 mins late due to a charger issue.
There have been some discrepancies in the lap counts mentioned before. I think it is volunteers counting by hand so...
16/15? 16 laps is great. Was it a true 16, completed within the two minutes after the hour was up? Either way, an impressive run.
78 laps at Pensacola is crazy! What have you improved?
I miss not seeing the race to race development.
It looks like we will not be at the Solar Center race either.
It sounds like some summer testing will be in order to stay competitive.
We have been missing you Cliff, Although I've been placing higher on your absence.
I think last year USF got 80 laps in the second race at Pensacola with the old car. Sai was just cruising this year. If he actually had some real competition who knows what that car could do?
-- Edited by Archer321 on Thursday 2nd of May 2019 06:00:24 PM